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Beloved Food Jingles?

The mention of the Fig Newton song on a Fig Newtons thread prompted me to post this. I always liked this one:

Once upon a time there was an engineerChoo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.He had an engine and he sure had funHe used GOOD & PLENTY candy to make his train run.Charlie says "Love my GOOD & PLENTY!"Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"Charlie says "Love my GOOD & PLENTY!"Don't know any other candy that I love so well!

IIRC, the song then faded out with the words Good and Plenty, Good and Plenty.... sounding like chug-a-chug-a....

"The world looks mighty good to me, cause Tootsie Rolls are all I seeWhatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to meTootsie Roll how I love your chocolatey chewTootsie Roll I think I'm in love with youWhatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me."

I love that song so much. Also their commercial for the Tootsie Roll Pop, which isn't technically a song, but still awesome: "Mr Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?""Let's see. One. TooHOOOO. Three. [chomp] Three."

"When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last? Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast? Eat those candy-coated chocolates, but tell me when I ask, when you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?"

I also do love the "Tootsie Roll" and "Good and Plennty" jingles...even though I don't like either candy. I also hate the damn Oscar Myer jingle. I can't deal with those overly cutsie kids singing about their B-O-L-O-G-N-A.....

Back in the '50s & '60s, there was a chain of butcher shops in the NYC/northern NJ region named Merkel Meats. They had a catchy radio jingle that went something like:

Merkel meats are so good, good, good...Taste and quality understood...It's heard all over the neighborhood...A great big M-M-M-M for Merkel!

Unfortunately, once the Federal inspectors figured out that some of Merkel's "beef" was actually horsemeat, the Merkel empire came crashing down fairly quickly. While this sounds like just another urban legend, I can assure you that it is accurate.